Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 638 Taiyuan Mutiny
Outside Taiyuan City.

There are 30 soldiers and horses stationed in the [-]-mile company camp.

At this time, the weather was already cold, and many soldiers of King Qin were still wearing thin clothes, especially the soldiers from Huainan, Jiangnan, Shannan and other southern places, who were not cold-resistant.

Everyone already knew that the emperor wanted Qin Wangjun to return to his hometown. Many people were relieved to hear that they no longer had to go to Mayi to fight the Turks.

"How much reward do you think we can get this time?"

A group of soldiers from Longyou were chatting in the camp. They were not fighting after all, so even though the camp was twenty miles away, after the soldiers and horses set up camp, the rules in the camp were not as strict as during the war. It's okay to chat and bask in the sun.

Everyone cares about rewards.

"King Qianliqin, the reward will definitely not be less." Someone said, everyone came in a hurry along the way, traveling day and night.

"But we didn't catch up."

A soldier from Longyou said, after all, in this battle of Qin Wang, the soldiers from Hebei, Hedong and Liaodong were the ones who really worked hard to win the king. complete.

And Xue Shixiong's Fan Yang soldiers, Lone Zun's Beiping soldiers, Li Jing's Hebei soldiers, and Yang Yichen's Hedong soldiers also fought two tough battles in Xinkou and Nao counties, killing tens of thousands of Turkic wolf cubs.

And like their Longyou soldiers, they were not even as good as Wang Shichong's Jiangnan soldiers and Li Yuan's Huainan soldiers. They arrived before the Turks withdrew from Yanmen City at any rate, and they could be regarded as breaking the siege of Yanmen.

And when they arrived near Taiyuan, Shibi had already gone to Mayi.

Not even a Turkic hair was seen.

"That wouldn't make our trip in vain. If we hadn't arrived, the Turks might not have withdrawn their troops."

Some people retorted, "What does the Turkic withdrawal have to do with us? He withdrew because Chu Guogong copied Shibi's lair and broke his khan court, so he was in a hurry to withdraw."

All kinds of arguments, all kinds of speculation.

Everyone is full of expectations for rewards, and many people are secretly calculating how much they can get.

Wait until noon.

In front of the barracks on Longyou Road, a group of people and horses finally came, driving over a dozen carriages.

The Longyou sergeants got up excitedly and came to watch, wanting to see what good things had been installed.

"A dozen or twenty cars, how much does it cost?"

"I guess there's still some silk."

"How much silk can be loaded in a cart, it must be loaded with money."

Zhao Cai, the appeasement envoy of Longyou and the general of Youwuhou, went forward to meet him.

"Shuai Zhao, according to His Majesty's order, I have come to reward the soldiers of King Qin of the counties of Longyou Road, please accept."

Zhao Cai thanked him with a smile, but when he got the list, his expression changed drastically.

"I'm afraid you got the wrong order, right?" He said.

"Yes, this is it."

Zhao Cai walked to the carriage with a gloomy face and lifted the straw mat covering it, only to find that the carriage was loaded with some ordinary things, some pork and mutton, some rice and wheat, some salt, tea, wine and so on.

But the number is very small.

Although Long Youdao said that he had a long way to go and came late this time, there were still 8000 people.

The soldiers were loyal and devoted to the king for thousands of miles, but now they were asked to go back, but they were only given some simple food?
A few pigs and a dozen sheep, each of these 8000 people is not enough to feed two bites.

Zhao Cai is a veteran of the imperial court, and also a general of Guanlong. He also belongs to the former official of the emperor's mansion. He used to be an official in the Jin Dynasty. .

He has a straight temper. When he was young, he was brave and aggressive, with a rough temperament and could not tolerate sand in his eyes.When he was in court, he couldn't even get on well with Wugui, let alone tolerate such things now.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of Longyou also saw the things on the carriage, and when they heard that the emperor had rewarded them with such a small amount of things, they were all very angry.

Some people even threatened loudly, "We left our hometown, bid farewell to our wives and children, and traveled thousands of miles to come to the king to rescue us. We traveled day and night all the way, desperately rushing, and a few pairs of shoes were worn out, but the emperor only gave this little thing to send the beggars away." ?"

"That's right, how could you humiliate us like this? It's cold today, at least you have to give each of the soldiers a few bolts of silk."

Others said that there must be traitors and corrupt officials who withheld the emperor's reward.

Otherwise, how could the emperor only reward such a little thing.

Eight thousand soldiers, these few pigs and dozens of sheep, at most only a thousand catties of meat, do you want eight soldiers to share a catty of meat?

What kind of reward is this?
The land of Longyou has a tough folk style, especially there are many Qiang people here, and many Qiang people have that kind of unruly temperament.It was even more unbearable, and they all became agitated at the moment.

Zhao Cai still has some prestige.

He said to these soldiers, "Your Majesty will not treat King Qin's soldiers like this. There must be treacherous ministers and corrupt officials secretly embezzling them. Let me explain to Your Majesty."

Zhao Cai really went to Jinyang Palace to ask to see the emperor, but the emperor didn't see him. Pei Yun came to see him, saying that the incident was too outrageous, and finally asked Zhao Cai to appease the Longyou soldiers, and then gave Zhao Cai Hundreds of coins and a thousand bolts of silk.

"Does the emperor know about this?"

"Your Majesty already knows, but is still very dissatisfied. You also know that there are 30 Qin Wangjun here. How can the court give out so many rewards at once?"

"As an old minister, don't be a bad leader."

Zhao Cai came back angrily with the money and silk.

Originally, the soldiers of Longyou were expecting the old general to bring back a lot of rewards, but in the end, it was only a few hundred pennies and a thousand pieces of silk, each of 8000 people was only a few tens of pennies, eight people were divided into one piece of silk, and each person was divided into five feet .

Now the Longyou soldiers were even more dissatisfied.

Especially those Qiang soldiers, they belonged to the Qiang tribe of the Sui Dynasty, they didn't even go to the government soldiers, these people came with Zhao just for rewards, now what?
Who will.

So a group of Qiang people became restless.

Many Longyou County Bingfu soldiers also started making trouble.

Zhao Cai couldn't hold back, and was held hostage by the Qiang soldiers instead. Fortunately, Zhao Cai had more prestige among the Qiang people.

But the Qiang people also completely lost control at this time. They rushed out of the camp and rushed directly to Jinyang Palace, saying that they wanted to meet the emperor and ask for a reward.

this action.

The camps that were provoked were also in chaos.

It wasn't just the Longyou Army who received this kind of treatment, most of the soldiers who came to King Qin were dismissed by a little food and drink.

Only those who participated in the battles of Xinkou and Nao counties were rewarded with extra money and silk.

Some military officers were also very dissatisfied, so instead of suppressing the control, they sat on the sidelines and made noises, so things quickly became serious.

The emperor was having dinner with the queen in the Jinyang Palace, but the guards came to report that the army of the field king in Taiyuan had rebelled and had rushed to the Jinyang Palace.

The chopsticks in the emperor's frightened hands fell to the ground, and his face turned pale in an instant.

(End of this chapter)